FY18 BIG DATA ACADEMY

OVERVIEW
ACCENTURE ANALYTICS
 TOPICS

 Where Do I Start?

 Development Status

 Training Courses – Overview and Details

 Learning Paths
WHERE DO I START?
BIG DATA ACADEMY PORTAL

Whether you are new or a seasoned veteran, we recommend you begin your Big Data training
through the front door to the Academy.

This is the Portal that:

1. Helps you choose a track by viewing “typical” talent segments/roles; or viewing courses in the
track; students may choose more than one track if desired.

2. Provides a visually engaging and interactive interface to keep track of your journey.

3. Shows a visual roadmap of courses in a track at each course level:

101 (awareness)
201 (add new skills)
301 (sharpen existing skills)
401 (develop leadership skills)
 Accenture developed Big Data Academy to invest in our emerging
FY18 BIG DATA TRAINING technologists and technology leaders; to bring the best innovations
and solutions to our clients.
DEPLOYMENT STATUS
 Introduction to Big Data
 Big Data for CALs
BUSINESS TRACK  Applied Big Data Science: Business Intro  Big Data Lessons Learned
 Big Data for Delivery Leads  Comprehensive Business of Big Data
• Addresses need for ACN leaders to understand technology
mega trends  noSQL Essentials (refresh) Cassandra
• Re-establishes ability to drive & sell a technology-led  Cloudera Training Series  DS310: DataStax Enterprise Search
 Vendor Training  DataStax: Infrastructure & Security
innovation agenda
 DS101: Introduction to Apache Cassandra  Data Science : Productionalization & Discovery
• Enables ACN leaders to speak confidently about business  DS201: DataStax Enterprise Foundations of Apache Cassandra  Anaconda :Python
opportunities afforded by big data  DS210: DataStax Enterprise Operations with Apache  Anaconda : Infrastructure & Security
Cassandra  GCP : Data Infrastructure
 Big Data Governance  GCP : Data Analysis
 Big Data Security  GCP : Data Engineering
TECHNICAL TRACK  Cloudera Practicum  Search Technologies Traning
 Introduction to R Programming  Advanced Hadoop : MapR
 Hadoop Administration  AWS:Training Series
Enables key technologists to improve disruptive technology  Hadoop Data Engineering  Azure: Data Engineering
 Hadoop Data Science  Azure ; Data Analysis
skills to support sales and delivery of big data projects  Advanced Hadoop : Cloudera  Advanced Data Architecture Series
 Advanced Hadoop : Hortonworks  Paxata Learning Series
 DataStax : Data Architecture  Introduction to programming for the spark framework using scala
 DataStax : Data Engineering  Introduction to programming for the spark framework using
ANALYTICS TRACK  DS210: DataStax Enterprise Operations with Apache python

Enables key technologists to improve disruptive technology
skills to deliver analytics with big data
VISUALIZATION TRACK
Enable course participants to understand and leverage visualization tools
and techniques to develop big data insights
* produced outside the Academy by Data & Analytics
 Released/deployed
 In progress/close to completion
 In Planning
 Vendor Training
 Big Data Analytics Course Series
 Introduction to Spark Part 1
 Introduction to Spark Part 2
 Data Management with RRE Course Series
 Introduction to Spark Streaming
 Machine Learning with Apache Spark
 Introduction to Kafka
 Introduction to Data Visualization
 A Guide to Visual Literacy: Data Representation
 A Guide to Visual Literacy: Adv. Principles & Techniques
 VIA - Advanced Upskilling Workshop
 VIA - Upskilling Workshop (Advanced Data Visualization)
 Visual Literacy: Storytelling with Data
 Applied Big Data Science: Advanced Hands-on Workshop
 Introduction to basic data science analysis including clustering
and classification techniques
 Introduction to R
 Microsoft R: Data Analysis
 Microsoft R: Infrastructure & Security
 Visual Literacy: Hands-on Workshop
 Tableau Developer Training
 QlikView Developer Training
 TIBCO Spotfire Developer Training
 Paxata Anlayst Training Course
BUSINESS TRACK
Business Track Courses
Course Name Format Level Available Description

Introduction to Big Data 2 hour WBT 101 Q3FY16 A course to introduce Accenture personnel of all technical levels to the wide variety of alternative database technologies
(Refreshed) (Awareness/Foundation) including columnar databases (e.g. Cassandra), distributed storage and processing systems (e.g. Hadoop & MapReduce), in-
memory storage systems (e.g. Memcache), and graph databases (e.g. Neo4J) through a brief overview of the technologies
themselves, a high level survey of sample use cases for which the technologies are best used, and how they complement the
traditional relational data bases technologies (e.g. MSSQL, Oracle, Netezza).
Audience: Analyst -> Senior Exec from TGP, OG, MC, BPO
Pre-requisite(s): None

Big Data for Client Account
Leads
1 hour WBT 101 Q1FY14 A course to introduce CALs to the benefits, economic models, and selling of Big Data technologies (Columnar Databases,
(Awareness/Foundation) distributed storage and processing, in-memory databases,& graph databases) through the detailed examination of use cases for
each of the technologies in real world scenarios at actual client sites.
Audience: CALs, Sales Directors and optionally TALs from OG, TGP, MC, BPO
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data

Applied Big Data Science:
Business Introduction
1 hour WBT 101 Q2FY14 This course is an introduction to the Big Data Academy series on Applied Big Data Science. The course explains how Data
(Awareness/Foundation) Science projects are different from Traditional Analytics projects and Traditional Software Delivery projects. Situations where it is
useful to hire a Data Science team are described. Students will learn to differentiate between short-term and long-term project
team structures. Key responsibilities of a Data Scientist, Data Engineer and Data Analyst are explained as well as high-level
components of a Data Science project. Finally, students are taught how to plan for technical and resource capacity when pricing
a Data Science project.
Audience: CALs, Sales Directors and optionally TALs from OG, TGP, MC, BPO
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data

Big Data for Delivery Leads
1 hour WBT 101 Q1FY16 A course to introduce delivery leads to the concepts, benefits, and risks in deploying and delivering Big Data technologies
(Awareness/Foundation) (columnar data stores, distributed storage and processing, in-memory databases, & graph databases) through the detailed
examination of use cases for each of the technologies in real world scenarios at actual client sites.
Audience: TALs, Sales Directors and optionally CALs from OG, TGP, MC, BPO
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data
Business Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Comprehensive Business 4 hour ILT/possible 201 (Acquire TBD

of Big Data WBT New Skills) A comprehensive course consisting of all of the primary Big Data Business courses including additional exercises and
Q&A sessions in addition to the in-depth analysis of several real client site use cases.
Audience: Delivery Leads and Solution Architects from OG, TGP
Pre-requisite(s): TBD

Data Analyst Training 41 hours Virtual 101 Q2FY17 This course focuses on Pig®, Hive®, and Cloudera Impala®. You will learn to apply traditional data analytics and
(Awareness/F business intelligence skills to Big Data. It covers the tools you need to access and manipulate to analyze complex data
oundation) sets using SQL and familiar scripting languages.

Cloudera training is delivered through a blended learning approach. It includes self-study materials, which you will read
and use to complete exercises on your own. You are expected to complete the exercises within the recommended
timeframe. Then, you will attend virtual meetings (office/faculty hours), via Adobe Connect, typically one session each
week. Live faculty office hours are scheduled for you to ask questions, get help, and learn through demonstrations. Your
attendance is mandatory. However, if due to project requirements and you have to skip the session, you can review the
session recordings. (Note: These faculty hour sessions will be recorded.) The course is 5 weeks in duration and will not
be extended for any reason. Taking this course does NOT give you the right to share or distribute the content.
TECHNICAL TRACK
Technical Track Courses
Course Name Format Level Available Description
Cloudera Training Series
Cloudera 5 day Customized Training for 40 hours 201 (Acquire New Q1FY15 Pre-Requisites: Students should be able to program in either Python or Scala.
Accenture Skills) Basic knowledge of the Linux command line is assumed.
Must provide business case to hold a Prior experience with SQL is helpful, but is not required.
session; contact Throughout the course are Hands-On Exercises reinforce the topics being discussed.
Digital.CD@Accenture.com Audience: tech archs, developers using Cloudera on project or soon to be
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data,

Cloudera Architecture Workshop Series 16 hours 201 (Acquire New FY16 Cloudera Architecture is a virtual/blended course of self-study + live faculty office hours primarily targeted at up
Replays: Skills) skilling Accenture Big Data Solution & Technical architects in Cloudera Concepts. The objective of this course is
to impart essential knowledge on guidelines, reference architectures, and best practices to deliver robust
solutions leveraging Cloudera.

Course Structure:
• This course is spread over 8 weeks and is a self-study course + live faculty office hours.
• Each week has an assigned module to be completed on your own (self-study). The content of the training will be
in the form of recorded videos along with quizzes.
• SA’s self-study/attend the first 3 weeks (2 office hours)
• TA’s self-study/attend all 8 weeks (7 office hours)
• During the course office hours are conducted by Cloudera SME’s to address any content related questions or
issues. Your attendance at office hours is MANDATORY.
• Workload per week: 2-3 hours of self-study + 2 hours of live faculty office hours
• Faculty office hours include lectures, embellishment and use case studies based on content of self-study
materials.

Cloudera Data Analyst Training 32 hours 301 (Sharpen Q1FY16 The four-day Data Analyst training course focuses on Apache Pig, Hive and Cloudera Impala. Students will learn
Existing Skills) to apply traditional data analytics and business intelligence skills to Big Data. The course covers the tools
participants need to access, manipulate and analyze complex data sets using SQL and familiar scripting
languages.
Technical Track Courses
Course Name Format Level Available Description
Cloudera Training Series
Cloudera Administrator Training for 32 hours 301 (Sharpen Q1FY15 Cloudera University’s four-day administrator course provides the technical background you need to manage and
Apache Hadoop Existing Skills) scale a Hadoop cluster in a development or production environment. This is the core administrator learning path
curriculum.

Cloudera Essentials for Apache Hadoop 8 hours 201 (Acquire New FY16 This one-day course teaches decision-makers key information about Hadoop, such as when Hadoop is
. Skills) appropriate and what resources are required for a successful Hadoop deployment.

Cloudera Developer Training for Apache Spark 24 hours 201 (Acquire New Q1FY16 A comprehensive, three-day training course for Apache Spark developers. The Spark framework provides
Skills) developers with the ability to write big data applications combining batch and streaming analysis of their data.
Spark supports both the Python and Scala programming languages; Spark programs are typically shorter and
more expressive than traditional MapReduce applications, while delivering significant performance improvements.

Cloudera Search Training
24 hours 201 (Acquire New FY16 This three-day course is intended for developers, data engineers, and others in technical roles. Students should
Skills) have at least basic familiarity with Hadoop, and experience programming in a general-purpose language such as
Java, C, C++, Perl, or Python. Students should also be comfortable with the Linux command line, and should be
able to perform basic tasks such as creating and removing directories, viewing and changing file permissions,
executing scripts, and examining file output. No prior experience with Apache Solr or Cloudera Search is required,
nor is any experience with HBase or SQL.
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Cloudera Training Series

Cloudera Just Enough Python 8 hours 301 (Sharpen FY16 This 1-day course options to ensure participants in our Spark training course(s) have the pre-requisite
. Existing Skills) knowledge required.

Cloudera Training for Apache Hbase 24 hours 301 (Sharpen FY16 This three-day HBase training course teaches developers how to use HBase as a distributed, scalable, low-
. Existing Skills) latency data store. This course discusses the basic architecture of HBase and its use cases, as well as
providing details about the Java API and advanced features.

Cloudera Developer Training for Spark and 24 hours 301 (Sharpen Q1FY16 A comprehensive, three-day training course for Apache Spark developers. The Spark framework provides
Hadoop 1 Existing Skills) developers with the ability to write big data applications combining batch and streaming analysis of their data.
. Spark supports both the Python and Scala programming languages; Spark programs are typically shorter and
more expressive than traditional MapReduce applications, while delivering significant performance
improvements.
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Cloudera Training Series

Cloudera Just Enough Scala 8 hours 201 (Acquire New FY16 Cloudera University’s one-day Scala training course will teach you the key language concepts and programming
Skills) techniques you need so that you can concentrate on the subjects covered in Cloudera’s developer courses
without also having to learn a complex programming language and a new programming paradigm on the fly.

Cloudera Data Science at Scale Using Spark 24 hours 201 (Acquire New FY16 Cloudera University’s three-day introduction to data science develops the skills required to build information
and Hadoop Skills) platforms and analytical tools that reduce costs, increase profits, improve products, retain customers, and identify
new opportunities. This course is part of both the developer learning path and the data analyst learning path.
Technical Track Courses
Course Name
NoSQL Essentials: Riak
( Plan for FY18 – To be refreshed )
NoSQL Essentials: Hbase
( Plan for FY18 – To be refreshed )
Format Level Available Description
1 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Q4FY14 At the end of the course, you should be able to:
Skills) • Differentiate between current and emerging frameworks within the Big Data landscape.
• Describe core theoretical principles that drive the design and attributes of a range of Big Data technical
architectures (ACID, CAP, BASE, etc.).
• Describe and discuss key technical topics that affect evaluation and design of Big Data architectures
(replication, security, multi-tenancy, etc.).
• Explain where to locate available resources to continue with supplemental study in a specific technical
architecture domain.
Audience: TGP technical architects, developers and testers with a background in custom java
development / data architecture / data warehousing, who will be implementing Hadoop solutions to
Big Data problems; primarily Analysts through Senior Managers
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data
0.5 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Q3FY14 This stand alone course is an extension of the noSQL Essentials Web-based Training (WBT) and the
Skills) noSQL Workshop. This course aims to develop your noSQL understanding to include HBase and relies on
the knowledge you would gain after completing the noSQL Essentials WBT.
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
• Describe HBase as a non-relational, distributed database.
• Explain the positioning of HBase in noSQL.
• Review installation and setup considerations for HBase.
• Discuss core architecture, theoretical concepts and principles which drive the design and attributes of
HBase.
• Discuss key technical commands and operations for HBase.
• Explain the differences between HBase and Cassandra.
• Point out prominent use cases of HBase.
Audience: TGP technical architects, developers and testers with a background in custom java
development / data architecture / data warehousing, who will be implementing Hadoop solutions to
Big Data problems; primarily Analysts through Senior Managers
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Big Data
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

NoSQL Essentials
Note: you do not need to take this if you are taking
the Developer course Intro to NoSQL
1 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Q3FY14 An introductory course into the application of NoSQL technologies to address the challenges introduced
Skills) by the explosion of unstructured data. This course will explore concepts like the CAP theorem and
discuss technologies like BASE, Dynamo and BigTable in order to better understand the art-of-the-
possible and where the marketing talk begins and ends. This is not a developer course.
Audience: beginners in Digital, technical areas, sales areas
Pre-requisite(s): Introduction to Big Data
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Big Data Security 1 hour WBT 301 (Sharpen Q4FY16 Examining Big Data management from an R&D perspective, this thorough resource covers the 3S
Existing Skills) designs―storage, sharing, and security―through detailed descriptions of Big Data concepts and
implementation.

Big Data Governance 1 hour WBT 301 (Sharpen Q4FY16 This is a part of the Data Analytics created by the Advanced Analytics Learning & Talent Development
Existing Skills) team. There are 9 courses in this module and its for people who are looking for developing skills in the
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence area. Please refer to the links at the bottom for other training
assets.

Big data analytics, mobile devices, cloud-based solutions, self-service Business Intelligence (BI) and
predictive analytics—these are the major trends influencing today’s decision-making environments.
Trends like these indicate that we are in the midst of a data revolution. Despite the proliferation of data
warehouses, BI and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications, there is a growing realization the
core of many organizations’ issues and opportunities are rooted in data. An organization’s ability to
execute on business strategies is tied to its ability to organize and utilize data to its fullest potential.
According to Gartner’s research, 40% of all business initiatives fail to achieve their targeted goals due to
poor data management. Within this course, we will explore how Accenture’s approach to data
governance will assist clients in managing their data successfully.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Illustrate how data governance fits within Accenture’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) framework.

Define data governance and its impact on the client.

Describe data governance challenges and how Accenture resolves them.

Describe Accenture’s data governance methodologies.

Identify Accenture’s data governance services.

Apply Accenture’s guiding principles and best practices to data governance situations
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

This four-day training course is designed for developers who need to create applications to
analyze Big Data stored in Apache Hadoop using Pig and Hive. Topics include: Hadoop, YARN,
HDP Developer: Pig and Hive 1 Hour WBT TBD FY18Q4
HDFS, MapReduce, workflow definition, and using Pig and Hive to perform data analytics on Big
Data

This course is designed for developers who create applications and analyze Big Data in Apache
HDP Developer Windows 1 Hour WBT TBD FY18Q4 Hadoop on Windows using Pig and Hive. Topics include: Hadoop, YARN, the Hadoop Distributed
File System (HDFS), MapReduce and Sqoop

This course discusses Custom YARN Applications in detail. YARN is a computing framework that
HDP Developer: Custom YARN Applications 1.5 Hours WBT TBD FY18Q4 represents the next generation of Hadoop. YARN stands for Yet Another Resource Negotiator
and represents a fundamental and drastic change in how applications execute on Hadoop.

Storm or Trident is more about programming real-time data-processing pipelines than it is system
HortonWorks : Storm and Trident Hours WBT TBD FY18Q4 administration. Programmers use the Storm and Trident APIs to build processing pipelines that
process real-time data.

This course is essential for programmers who want to augment their programming skills to use
HDP Developer Java 21.5 Hours WBT TBD FY18Q4
Hadoop for a variety of big data solutions
Technical Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Introduction to Apache Cassandra
beginner level introduction to Apache Cassandra™ outlines challenges encountered when attempting to
scale with relational databases, and how NoSQL databases like Apache Cassandra™ address those
30 Mins WBT TBD Q4FY18
challenges. It reviews the Apache Cassandra™ architecture, benefits, and how to use the Apache
Cassandra™ read and write paths.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of Apache Cassandra™, its distributed architecture, and
DS201: DataStax Enterprise Foundations of Apache how data is stored. You will master Apache Cassandra™'s internal architecture by studying the read path,
6 hour WBT TBD Q4FY18
Cassandra write path, and compaction. Topics such as consistency, replication, anti entropy operations, and gossip
ensure you develop the skills necessary to build disruptive cloud applications.

DS210 delivers the tools and knowledge needed to operate and tune your Apache Cassandra™ or
DS210: DataStax Enterprise Operations with Apache DataStax Enterprise deployments. You will learn expert skills and techniques to tune performance and
9 hour WBT TBD Q4FY18
Cassandra environments, deploy multi-data center functionality, diagnose and resolve common production problems,
and more

DS220: Data Modeling TBD TBD Q4FY18 Will be updated end of Q3

DS310: DataStax Enterprise Search
In this course, you will learn how to effectively and efficiently solve search problems with Apache
Cassandra™, DataStax Enterprise, and Apache Solr™, the open-source engine behind DataStax
6 hour WBT TBD Q4FY18
Enterprise's search capabilities. Course topics include an introduction DataStax Enterprise Search,
Apache Solr™ functional use cases, search fundamentals, query vs. search, schema, and more

DS320: DataStax Enterprise Analytics with Apache

TBD TBD Q4FY18 Will be updated end of Q3
Spark
Technical Track Courses - Planned

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Hadoop Administration TBD TBD TBD Internal Course on how to deploy and secure a Hadoop cluster.

Hadoop Data Engineering TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to move and transform data on a Hadoop cluster.

Hadoop Data Science TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to perform data analysis on a Hadoop cluster

Internal course on Internal course on the specifics relating to use of a Cloudera cluster how to move and transform data on a
Advanced Hadoop: Cloudera TBD TBD TBD
Hadoop cluster.

Advanced Hadoop: Hortonworks TBD TBD TBD Internal course on the specifics relating to use of a Hortonworks cluster

Advanced Hadoop: MapR TBD TBD TBD Internal course on the specifics relating to use of a MapR cluster.

AWS: Data Engineering TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to move and transform data on the AWS cloud platform

AWS: Data Analysis TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to perform data analysis on a AWS platform.
Technical Track Courses - Planned

Course Name Format Level Available Description

AWS: Data Infrastructure & Security TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to establish and secure the key data platforms on the AWS cloud platform

Azure: Data Analysis TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to perform data analysis on a Azure platform

Azure: Data Infrastructure & Security TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to establish and secure the key data platforms on the Azure cloud platform.

Advanced Data Architecture TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to create and establish advanced data architectures

Paxata: Data Engineering TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to do data engineering using Paxata

Paxata: Data Analysis TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to do data analysis using Paxata

Paxata: Infrastructure & Security TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to standup, operate, and secure the Paxata platform

DataStax: Data Architecture TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to do data modelling and architecture on DSE
Technical Track Courses - Planned

Course Name Format Level Available Description

DataStax: Data Engineering TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to move and transform data on DSE

Lightbend: Scala TBD TBD TBD Introduction to Scala programming language

DataBricks: Spark with Scala TBD TBD TBD Introduction to programming for the spark framework using Scala

DataBricks: Spark with Python TBD TBD TBD Introduction to programming for the spark framework using Python

Data Science: Introduction TBD TBD TBD Introduction to basic data science analysis including clustering and classification technique

Data Science: Productionalization &

TBD TBD TBD Introduction to making data science a high grade and repeatable enterprise process
Discovery
Technical Track Courses - Planned

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Search Technologies Training TBD TBD TBD Internal course(s) on the Search Technologies platform

Introduction to R TBD TBD TBD Internal course to train on the basics of R

Microsoft R: Data Analysis TBD TBD TBD Introduction course on performing data analysis using Microsoft R

Anaconda: Python TBD TBD TBD Introduction to Python on the Anaconda platform

Microsoft R: Infrastructure & Security TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to operate and secure a Microsoft R platform.

Anaconda: Infrastructure & Security TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to operate and secure an Anaconda platform

GCP: Data Infrastructure TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to move and transform data on the GCP cloud platform.

Internal course on how to perform data analysis on a GCP platform Internal course on how to perform data
GCP: Data Analysis TBD TBD TBD
analysis on a GCP platform

GCP: Data Engineering TBD TBD TBD Internal course on how to establish and secure the key data platforms on the GCP cloud platform.
ANALYTICS TRACK
Analytics Track Courses

Course Name Format Level Available Description

Big Data Analytics: Data Science 6 8 weeks Other 301 (Sharpen Existing Q4FY14 This course is a workshop over 8 weeks, approximately 40 hours. It includes upgrade to 8GM RAM, self-study, exercises,
Course Series Self Enabled Skills) and faculty office hours each week. The content is the same as in the individual courses listed below except it
Training includes the exercises, RAM and office hours which the individual courses do not.

If you are new to Data Science, take an individual course or 2 to understand this area and the level of content discussed.
This will help you determine if you can handle the work involved in the 6 course series. The 6 course series is considered
intensive work and not easily mastered.

Course 1: Introduction and Linear Algebra

Course 2: Clustering and Classification
Course 3: Recommenders and Co-Occurrence
Course 4: Hadoop Tools and Pipelining
Course 5: Performance, Version Control and Deploy to Production
Audience: Sr. analyst – SM; those preparing to go into the Data Science field. If you are just interested in
checking it out – take a few of the individual courses first to see if this is a good fit for you.
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to big Data, Intro to Hadoop, Intro to NoSQL

Introduction to Kafka WBT 101 FY16 The course introduces Messaging basics and Kafka (a distributed Messaging system). It highlights the key architecture,
(Awareness/Foundation) environment setup, and operation features including topics, producers, and consumers.
to 301 (Sharpen Existing
Skills)

Machine Learning with Apache WBT 301 (Sharpen Existing TBD TBD
Spark Skills)
VISUALIZATION
TRACK
Visualization Track Courses
Course Name
Introduction to Data Visualization
A Guide to Visual Literacy: Data
Representation
A Guide to Visual Literacy:
Advanced Principles and
Techniques
A Guide to Visual Literacy:
Storytelling with Data
A Guide to Visual Literacy:
Hands-on Workshop
Format Level Available Description
1 hour WBT 101 Q4FY14 101 awareness training on data visualization.
(Awareness/Found Audience: Anyone wanting to become familiar with this field.
ation) Pre-requisite(s): None
1.5 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Feb 20, 2014 At the end of the training, participants should be able to:
Skills) • Know where data visualization fits in the data analytics process.
• Understand the different categories of data visualization.
• Understand the components of data visualization.
• Choose the appropriate visualization for a dataset.
• Choose the appropriate tool to visualize a dataset.
Audience: Anyone needing to use visual literacy in their roles
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Data Visualization
1.5 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Feb 20, 2014 This course is aimed at enabling any role and level at Accenture with a good understanding and pragmatic perspective of
Skills) Visual Literacy so that they can improve their data visualization work and participate in meaningful conversations with our
clients or client account teams wherever appropriate.
Audience: Anyone needing to use visual literacy in their roles
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Data Visualization
1 hour WBT 201 (Acquire New Q3FY14 • Learn why storytelling is an effective framework for sharing information
Skills) • Learn about five essentials for creating a story with data
• Audience and Storyline Tools: Identify techniques and elements that create engaging, effective stories for a
variety of audiences
• Insights and Context: Understand why different contexts for storytelling require different approaches
• Practice: Improve your storytelling by refining the story through feedback and rehearsal
• Review what you have learned and test your knowledge
Audience: Anyone needing to use visual literacy in their roles
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Data Visualization
16 hours ILT 201 (Acquire New Q3FY14 A hands-on workshop using principle, advanced techniques and storytelling with a use case example.
Skills) Audience: Anyone needing to use visual literacy in their roles
Pre-requisite(s): Intro to Data Visualization
Visualization Track Courses
Course Name
TIBCO Spotfire Developer Training
QlikView Developer Training 10.x
Tableau Developer Training
Paxata Analyst Training course
Format Level Available Description
This is a self-study course to learn how to use the TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Application and designed for
Developers. You will be authorized a full license to install the application, once you are enrolled. The course is a
series of videos and exercises designed to “show you” and then let you practice on your own – to build skill in
8 hours WBT 201 (Acquire New Skills) Q1FY15
using the application to develop outputs.
Audience: Developers new to the application
Pre-requisite(s): None
This is a self-study course to learn how to use the QlikView Desktop Application and designed for Developers.
You will be authorized a full license to install the application, once you are enrolled. The course is a series of
videos and exercises designed to “show you” and then let you practice on your own – to build skill in using the
application to develop outputs. The course covers the following material:
Module 1: Introduction to QlikView
8 hours WBT 201 (Acquire New Skills) Q4FY14
Module 2: Create your first QlikView Document
Module 3: QlikView Basic Functions
Module 4: QlikView Advanced Functions
Audience: Developers new to the application
Pre-requisite(s): None
This is a self-study course to learn how to use the Tableau Desktop Application and designed for Developers.
You will be authorized a full license to install the application, once you are enrolled. The course is a series of
videos and exercises designed to “show you” and then let you practice on your own – to build skill in using the
application to develop outputs. The course covers the following material:
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Getting Familiar with Tableau
8 hours WBT 201 (Acquire New Skills) Q4FY14 Module 3: Analyze the Data
Module 4: Calculations and Parameters
Module 5: Advanced Data Visualization
Module 6: Maps
Module 7: Dashboards, Tableau Dashboards, Architecture and Case Study
Audience: Developers new to the application
Pre-requisite(s): None
Paxata is an adaptive data preparation platform that enables data analysts to perform full-cycle data preparation
1.5 Hours WBT TBD Q4FY18 independently. Its flexible architecture allows analysts to prepare very large amounts of data, spread over
millions and even billions of rows of data, interactively.
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Vendor Classroom Trainings

Course Name Format Vendor Description

Developer Training with DataStax Enterprise 2 day ILT DataStax Standard Vendor Training
Administrator Training with DataStax Enterprise 2 day ILT

 Cloudera Developer Training 4 days ILT Cloudera Standard Vendor Training

 Administrator Training 3 days ILT

 Talend Enterprise Data Integration Administration 1 day ILT Talend • First 2 Data Integration courses lead to Data Integration Certification
 Talend Enterprise Data Quality 3 days ILT • Data Quality course leads to Data Quality certification
 Talend Open Studio (TOS) for Data Integration 3 days ILT • Open Studio and MDM leads to MDM certification
 Talend Enterprise MDM 3 days ILT • ESB and Apache Intensive leads to ESB certification
 Talend Enterprise ESB 3 days ILT • Taking DI Dev & DI Admin instead of TOS, students get info needed for
 Apache Intensive (not in catalog) 5 days ILT 2 certifications in 8 days

 Developing Solutions using Apache Hadoop 4 days ILT Hortonworks Standard Vendor Training; inhouse training is available. Check the KX
 Hadoop Administration 3 days ILT training page

 InfoSphere BigInsights Foundation Course IBM Big Data Software Delivered in coordination with IBM Alliance in the India Delivery Centers
 Administration of InfoSphere Streams v2 Course Solutions
 BigInsights Analytics for Business Analysts
IBM Catalog
 BigInsights Analytics for Programmers
Vendor Classroom Trainings

Course Name Format Vendor Description

Greenplum Architecture, Administration, and Implementation
5 day ILT EMC The Greenplum Architecture, Administration, and Implementation course
5 day OLT introduces students to the Greenplum environment, consisting of the Greenplum
Database and supported systems. Students are introduced to fundamental
concepts on data warehousing, business intelligence, and how Greenplum helps to
solve business problems in managing and analyzing Big Data. Students will install,
configure, and manage the Greenplum database system by evaluating logical
models and business requirements to determine the best physical design for a
Greenplum database.

Greenplum Unified Analytic Platform Fundamentals
2 hrs Online EMC This course is intended for individuals who need to understand the benefits offered
by the Greenplum Unified Analytic Platform. Students will examine the evolution
from the data warehouse to the impact of Big Data in the industry. An overview of
Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform, its benefits, target industries, and use cases
will also be explored.

 Introduction to R for SAS Users 2 day ILT Revolution Analytics Visit the RA Training page on the KX.
 Predictive Modeling in R 1 day ILT
 Big Data Analytics with Revolution R Enterprise 1 day ILT

 Python 13 hours • Learn to program in Python, a powerful language used by sites like YouTube
 Learn more and Dropbox.
GDN TRAININGS
GDN Trainings

Course Name Format Available Description

Data Science and R 4 day ILT Q2FY13 Introduction to Analytics Introduction to R • Simple manipulations, numbers and vectors • Data Frames and Subsetting Graphical Displays;
Introductory Descriptive Statistics Predictive Modeling • Predictive Analytics Project Life Cycle • (Linear & Multiple Linear Regression) •
Logistic Regression; Predictive Modeling (cont.) • Introduction to Time Series Forecasting Data Mining • Decision tree • Clustering • Text
Mining; Case Study (Telco Churn Modeling) Case Study (Credit Scoring)

VIA - Advanced Upskilling Workshop 40 hours Q4FY18 This is the course page for both the Qlik and Tableau Advanced Upskilling Workshops. The workshop is intended to do a deeper dive in Qlik
Classroom or Tableau. You will learn about the factors that drive the need for data visualization and how data visualization differs from other modes of
data reporting. You will also learn about Accenture’s approach to data visualization and examples of data visualization work at Accenture

VIA - Upskilling Workshop (Advanced Data 40 hours Q4FY18 The world of BI has changed. The advent of big data, new data sources, democratization through self-service BI, and demands for
Visualization) Classroom discovery capability have resulted in a disruption to the BI technology landscape with resulting changes to all of the processes and
strategies associated with it.

This course will begin with an overview of Next Generation Business Intelligence followed by Visual Literacy Workshop. As Big Data and its
associated offerings grow at Accenture, clearly communicating the analyses of complex datasets to a variety of audiences through effective
data visualization and storytelling becomes necessary- the aim of the visual literacy curriculum is to equip practitioners with skills for
understanding, designing and developing effective data visualizations.

The class is intended to serve as a platform for BI practitioners for cross skilling/upskilling from traditional BI to data visualization skills from
a delivery standpoint as well as familiarizing with the assets, accelerators, estimation methodology for data visualization projects and demos
available that could be used in the sales process &client discussions.
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BIG DATA
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Big Data
Big Data Big Data Big Data Big Data
Delivery
Architect Developer Admin Engineer
Leads

Google Google Google

Cassandra Cassandra Cloud - Cloud Cloud
Architect Developer Architect Developer Admin

Google
Google Hadoop Hadoop Hadoop
Cloud
Cloud Cloudera Cloudera Cloudera
Delivery
Engineer Architect Developer Engineer
Leads
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Hadoop Hadoop
Hadoop
Cloudera Python
Hortonwork Hortonwork
Delivery Admin
s Developer s Admin
Lead

Python Spark Spark Spark

Engineer Architect Developer Admin

Talend
Spark Talend
Developer
Developer Architect